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Monday, September 17, 2012

I miss you all!

Howdy friends! I miss visiting your blogs and chatting with you so much. Life hasn't slowed down one bit and when I have a spare minute I try to put in a few stitches instead of jumping on the computer. I hope you all understand and I will be back to visiting on a daily basis soon.

Is there a nip in the air where you live? There sure was in NC this weekend which put me in the mood to pull out my fall/Halloween decorations. This is the first weekend I have had off in about a month so I tried to make the most of those 2 glorious days.

I just love this metal crow I picked up last year at the after Halloween 75% off sale at Hobby Lobby.

The Halloween tree is up!

I had hoped to have all the LK Rules made into ornaments but it just didn't happen. I did manage to finish this one giving me a total of 3 so far this year.

Needing a quick Christmas fix, I designed, stitched, and finished a couple of small Christmas pieces.

I have a birthday coming up soon and DH kept asking me what I wanted for my birthday. I really didn't have anything in mind until I ran across The Preppy Possum on Facebook. The Preppy Possum is owned by a local artist who conducts painting classes. When I saw the class "Paint Your Own Pet Portrait" I knew I had found my birthday gift. :o)

The class was held this past Sunday night and here is the result:

Ain't she beautiful!?

The class was tons of fun and very relaxing. For someone who can't do much more than draw stick people when it comes to drawing and painting I was beyond thrilled. Nikki was a great teacher and offered loads of help. I think I will be taking more classes from her in the future.

If you have made it this far my friends - thank you! I appreciate your taking the time to stop by and see what I have been doing. I hope your week is off to a wonderful start and you get to spend some time doing something you love.

Myra, I love the pet painting!!! You did so great!!! Wow! I just drooled all over my computer at your tree and fall decorations!! lol Hope it settles down some for you so you can enjoy the Fall and stitching.

Great pet painting! Turned out beautiful! And what else can I say about your Fall/HW decoration than fabulous!!! Love especially your tree! But your stitchery designed and stitched by you is awesome, too! :o)

WOW Myra!! I am so glad that you finally had a weekend off. Your Fall displays are fabulous. I am amazed at how many Halloween ornaments that you have. I really need to get some more Halloween stitching done. What can I say about the painting except fabulous!!!!! Can't wait to see you on Saturday :)

We miss you, too, Miss Myra!! I'm so glad you finally had a weekend to yourself--sure looks like you put it to good use. Your Fall decorating is wonderful--can't get over the number of Halloween ornaments on your tree. They all look great! Especially love your LK finish!! And your new cardinal designs are very cute, too--you can never have too many cardinals, right?

You painted Lola--wow!!! I am so impressed!! If I did something like that you wouldn't even be able to tell it was a dog :)

I love all your fall decorations especially your tree!! I haven't pulled out a lick of fall things yet even though our weather is definitely feeling fall-like. Every thing you've shown is so inspiring!!